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caprivoyant's review against another edition
A great overview of abolition, feminism, and intersectionality.
One of my favorite call-outs from this one, specifically, is about how abolition is often sometimes seen as a utopian solution and how that makes even the organizing for it rather unobtainable. We're all human, we all make mistakes, and abolition is meant to support humans; so it's natural that the process of abolition itself might be wrought with trip-ups and tumbles. And maybe that's the point because in figuring out how to navigate the trip-ups, we learn valuable lessons about how to care for one another more deeply and start to build new systems and practices that become instrumental to a society that values freedom for everyone.
One of my favorite call-outs from this one, specifically, is about how abolition is often sometimes seen as a utopian solution and how that makes even the organizing for it rather unobtainable. We're all human, we all make mistakes, and abolition is meant to support humans; so it's natural that the process of abolition itself might be wrought with trip-ups and tumbles. And maybe that's the point because in figuring out how to navigate the trip-ups, we learn valuable lessons about how to care for one another more deeply and start to build new systems and practices that become instrumental to a society that values freedom for everyone.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Misogyny, Racism, and Rape
Minor: Hate crime
biobeetle's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Racism, Rape, and Violence
sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
4.0
This was an okay intro to Abolition feminism but the language was very dense, dry, and the text felt very academic. Despite those complaints, I still learned a fair amount. Thought, I still have basic questions like, "if we get of prisons, what do we do with the repeat rapists and murderess? The repeat violent offenders?" At one point the text even says something like, hardcore abolitionist are always criticized and asked what should be done with police officers who are repeat offenders and there was no answer, so like? What do we do with them?
Overall I liked what I read but I still have that one burning question left, I didn't get an answer that satisfied me unfortunately.
Overall I'm giving this 4 stars out of 5
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I listened to this for free on the library app libbyapp.com
Overall I liked what I read but I still have that one burning question left, I didn't get an answer that satisfied me unfortunately.
Overall I'm giving this 4 stars out of 5
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I listened to this for free on the library app libbyapp.com
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Racism, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Child death, Police brutality, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Rape
michaelion's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
3.5
This isn't a negative of the book but this is my first nonfiction reading that isn't for a class, and I'm just realizing all nonfiction books are very repetitive.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Police brutality, Sexism, Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Racism
Minor: Torture
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